Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Oct 22, 2013 - MAVEN launch preparations remain on schedule and have continued to go well since spacecraft processing resumed earlier this month. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, MAVEN is slated for a spin test without propel
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 18, 2013 - Russian scientists plan to once again attempt to launch an exploratory mission on the Martian satellite Phobos - the date for the launch of the new probe entitled Boomerang is tentatively set on 202
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - Earth's most eminent emissary to Mars has just proven that those rare Martian visitors that sometimes drop in on Earth - a.k.a. Martian meteorites - really are from the Red Planet. A key new measure
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 18, 2013 - Russia is set to launch a probe to the Martian moon Phobos by 2022, the head of the Russian Space Research Institute has revealed. The renewal of the ambitious program, which includes taking samples
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 18, 2013 - Opportunity is on the northern edge of 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is investigating the geologic contacts at the base of Solander Point. On Sol 3446 (Oct. 3, 201
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 17, 2013 - Russia will take a second crack at bringing back dust samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars, after an attempt in 2011 ended in the spacecraft crashing back to Earth, a top scientist said Tue
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 17, 2013 - India is getting ready to become the fifth country to send a spaceship to Mars. The USA, Russia, the EU, China and Japan are working on their own programs of studying the Red Planet. And although it
Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has found evidence confirming some meteors found on Earth did in fact come from the Red Planet, scientists report.
Moscow (UPI) Oct 16, 2013 - Russia will mount a second attempt to bring back dust samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars, after a failed 2011 try, a leading scientist says.
Paris (ESA) Oct 16, 2013 - Ripped apart by tectonic forces, Hebes Chasma and its neighbouring network of canyons bear the scars of the Red Planet's early history. ESA's Mars Express has flown over this region of Mars on numer
Bangalore (IANS) Oct 14, 2013 - The partial shutdown of the US government would not affect the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) scheduled for launch Oct 28, the Indian space agency said Saturday. National Aeronautics Space
Atacama Desert, Chile (ESA) Oct 14, 2013 - ESA's test rover has been fitted with scientific instruments and made its first tracks in the sands of Chile's Atacama Desert. Meanwhile, team members have explored the area to select a suitable sit
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 11, 2013 - The first human settlers on Mars will use a 3D printer to print dwellings, greenhouses and even cutlery, in short, all they will need to live on the Red Planet. In the process, they will use the raw
Paris (UPI) Oct 10, 2013 - Images from a European spacecraft orbiting Mars have shown in greater detail than ever before a giant chasm ripped open by tectonic forces, scientists say.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 10, 2013 - An instrument aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back to scientists on Earth an ultra high-resolution image of a penny the rover carried to Mars. The coin was photographed by the Mars Hand
Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Oct 10, 2013 - Lessons from underground nuclear tests and explosive volcanoes may hold the answer to how a category of unusual impact craters formed on Mars. The craters feature a thin-layered outer deposit
